Pippa Ellams

Pippa is a writer/performer from Western Sydney. Her first play The Carousel was shortlisted for the Rodney Seaborne Playwrights Award in 2015. The Carousel went on to have multiple seasons with Shopfront Arts Co-op, St Downstairs theatre, Merrigong X and Kings Cross Theatre. Pippa’s monologue #nofilter was published and performed as part of ATYP’s Intersection 2018: Chrysalis. In 2018 Pippa wrote, performed and toured her first solo show The Sorry Mum Project (Bondi Feast Festival 2018, Adelaide Fringe festival 2019, National Theatre of Parramatta 2021). Alongside her collaborator/director Hannah Goodwin, Pippa was a resident artist at both Shopfront Arts Co-op and Q Theatre. Pippa has also been selected and participated in various creative programs within ATYP, Q Theatre, National Theatre of Parramatta and Australian Plays Transform.